Species

Lunaria annua L.

Honesty

Brassicaceae

Classification

Group: Spermatophytina (Spermatophytes)
Family: Brassicaceae (Cabbage family)
Genus: Lunaria (Honesty)

Synonyms

Lunaria annua
Lunaria biennis

30–100 cm tall. flowers: violet to whitish, violet to whitish. fruits: silicles, pendulous, with a long stalk, rounded to short-oval, 30–70 mm long, 30–70 mm broad, rounded at the apex, often with a mucronate beak, cross-section flattened. leaves: undivided. upper st...

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Distribution in Europe

Legend

The colours represent the floristic status of the species in the respective region. Green indicates native occurrences, light green naturalized occurrences. Adventive occurrences are represented by light yellow shades and plants that are cultivated (but rarely occur in the wild) are dark yellow. Grey colours are used, if the floristic status of species is unknown or uncertain.

Lunaria annua